Following Court Order, USPS Instructs Employees to Restore Extra Mail Trips and Some Processing Machines

Government Executive: The U.S. Postal Service has informed employees they should restart late and extra trips between facilities and reconnect some processing equipment as the agency attempts to come in compliance with a national injunction aimed at rolling back widespread mail delays ahead of the election.

A federal judge in Washington state issued the injunction earlier this month, one of two USPS is facing, requiring the Postal Service to unwind the changes implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy that have caused the agency’s on-time delivery to decline across the country. Postal officials initially said the agency was “exploring our legal options,” making it unclear if they would appeal the injunction rather than comply with it.

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